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Gloucestershire-Bristol-1885

CBTM:
21544
Map Date:
[1885]
Repository reference:
BL PP.2505.ycx
Historic county:
Gloucestershire
Town name:
Clifton, Bristol
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST585730
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 5773
Map title:
'Map of Bristol.'
Comments on map:
f.p. xviii in J. Wright & Co.'s (Mathews') Bristol & Clifton directory, 87th ed., Bristol: Wright, London: Houlston, 1885. Unexciting, but not as dire as Exeter 21543.
Scale:
1:12,672
Map-maker:
Jno. F. Trew, 1 Wine St, Bristol [dr], John & Brown, All Saints St, Bristol [eng, pr], John Wright & Co., Bristol [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
47.0 x 34.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings, postal: Churches, Chapels, Romanist Buildings, Schools, Post Pillars (o), Almshouses, Hotels, Public Buildings, Prisons &c.
Colouring:
other: A cross: elsewhere in the directory indicates that it is a colliery.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, harbours, wharfs, misc: Landing Stage.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Churches [St John's cross], Chapels [black oblong], Romanist Buildings [Greek cross].
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
blind, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Bristol RO ['1878': facsimile]; Bristol Library 2474 ['1850-60.c']; BL PP.2505.ycx [all]; Bristol Library B.32950 [1880]; Bristol Library B.25789 [1882]; Bristol Library B.32951 [1885]; Bristol Library B.32947 [1886]; Bristol Library B.25775 [1888]; Bristol Library B.25776 [1889]; Bristol Library B.26867, 28072 [1890]; B.26868 [1891]; Bristol Library B.26869 [1892]; Bristol Library B.26970 [1893]; Bristol Library B.26871 [1894]; Bristol Library B.26863 [n.d.]; Bristol Library B.26864 [1895-6.c]; Bristol Library B.26872 [1896]; Bristol Library B.26873 [1897]; Bristol Library B.26865 [1897+]; Bristol Library B.26866 [1899]; Bristol Library B.33295 [1900].
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, museums
Parkland:
zoological gardens
Relief:
prominent hills
Extractive activity:
coal: [One colliery indicated by red cross].
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1879-82
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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